The Public Prosecution condemned the crime committed by the Israeli occupation forces this Tuesday morning against a number of its members and employees on the road linking Ramallah and Jericho, by directly physically assaulting them, detaining and abusing them, and threatening them with field execution by pointing weapons at their bodies, in a scene that reflects a very serious level of disregard for the lives and human dignity of Palestinian civilians, within a systematic repressive behavior that the Palestinian people are subjected to daily at military checkpoints.
It affirmed in a statement that targeting members of the Public Prosecution and its employees while they were on their way to perform their official duties in the Jericho Prosecution, and subjecting them to beating, humiliation and intimidation, constitutes a crime and a grave violation of the rules of international humanitarian law and relevant international conventions on the protection of civilians and workers in the justice sector, and reveals once again the system of organized violence practiced by the occupation forces against the Palestinian people in the absence of any effective international accountability or protection.
The Public Prosecution also affirmed that what its members were subjected to today cannot be separated from the policy of collective punishment and daily violations that the Palestinian people are subjected to at military checkpoints, which include humiliation, abuse, detention, and physical and psychological assault, as part of a continuous escalation that targets the Palestinian individual, his basic rights, freedom and dignity.
It stressed its continued commitment to performing its national and legal mission, despite all the practices and violations that target its members, cadres and justice institutions, and its adherence to the rule of law and the protection of the rights of the Palestinian people.
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The Public Prosecution condemns the occupation's assault on a number of its members and employees while they were on their way to Jericho